Month: June 2018

Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ontario is in a three-way tie for the lead at the 2018 Women’s PGA Championship. Following her 18 holes of play after the second round at Kemper Lakes Golf Course in Kildeer, Illinois, outside of Read more

Three Canadian Olympic gold medalists will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario in 2018. They are Martin Brodeur of Montreal, Quebec, Jayna Hefford of Trenton, Ontario and Martin St. Louis of Laval, Quebec. Brodeur won Read more

Canadian Olympic gold medalist Joe Thornton now has an arena named after him in his native city of St. Thomas, Ontario. On Saturday, the Timken Centre was renamed the Joe Thornton Community Centre. Thornton, who won a gold medal for Canada Read more

Dwane Casey has been named the 2018 National Basketball Association coach of the year.However even though he is currently the head coach of the Detroit Pistons, he is winning the award for his outstanding regular season work with the Toronto Read more

Heather Bansley of London, Ontario and Brandie Wilkerson of Innisfil, Ontario won the silver medal at the FIVB (International Volleyball Federation) Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Sunday. For Bansley and Wilkerson, it was their second Read more

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats clobbered the Edmonton Eskimos 38-21 on Friday evening at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta. A major part of the Tiger-Cats offensive attack was the offensive performance of running back Mercer Timmis of Hamilton, Ontario. The former running back Read more

The Calgary Flames had a blockbuster trade with the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. It occurred on the second day of the 2018 National Hockey League Entry Draft from Dallas. The Flames acquired defenseman Noah Hanifin and center Elias Lindholm from the Read more

The Arizona Coyotes selected the top Canadian in the 2018 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Barrett Hayton, a centre from Peterborough, Ontario, who played last season for the Sault. Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League, was selected fifth Read more

Two Canadians were selected and then traded in the 2018 NBA Draft from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday. Point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Hamilton, Ontario was drafted in the first round, 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets Read more

The New York Islanders have named Barry Trotz of Winnipeg, Manitoba their new head coach. Trotz replaces former Edmonton Oilers captain Doug Weight as the Islanders head coach. Weight and general manager Garth Snow were fired by the Islanders on June Read more